Tilting and removable flour-bin.



C.' W E ESNER & D. DAVIS; TILTING AND REMOVABLE FLOUR BIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. I916.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET I c. WEE SNER II D. DAVIS. :TILTING AND REMOVABLE FLOUR B|N.'

APPLICATION FILED Aue.I8. I916.

Patented 001;. 23,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

HoosIEn MANUFAcTUnING COMPANY, on NEWCASTLE, INDIANA, A CORPOBA- TIoN or INnIANA.

TILTING AND REMOVABLE F'IiOUR-IBIN.

Application filed AugustlS, 1916. V Seria1N0.;115,661.

To; all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, CLAY WEESNER' and DUDLEY DAvIs, citizens of the United States, residing at Newcastle, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting and Removable Flour-Bins, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a bin whichis particularly adapted for holding flour in kitchen cabinets, wherein the bin is provided with a flour sifter at its lower and discharge end, operated by turning va hand crank which subjects thebin to considerable strain when the sifter is operated, and a further object of the-inventionis'to provide easy means for lowering the bin and for tilting itsupper end outward for easy filling and cleaning of itsiinterior, without sacrificing the strength and rigidityof supportneedful to withstand said sifting operations.

A further'object is to provide means for the: ready removal of the binfrom the cabinet,'which facilitates manufacture and assembly in the first instance, and also affords means for the removal of the bin at any time to the sun and air for sanitary reasons without moving the cabinet, and for" the cleansing of the compartment of the cabinet wherein the bin is contained. 7

We accomplish the above and other ob jects which will hereinafter appear, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of that part of a kitchen cabinet havingthe flour-bin compartment, and showing the binof our invention assembled therein, in its raised and closed position, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same on the line 22' of'Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews .of the drawings. i r

The cabinet superstructure 3 is of any usual and suitable construction having compartment 4, in which the bin 6 is mounted. The bin 6 is preferably made out of sheet metal, in the form of a four-sided elongated boX, open at the top and having a funnel-shaped bottom to the discharge from which a sifter 5 is fastened. The sifter is operated by the usual crank 7, and is high enough above the bottom of the compartmetal channels 9, securedon opposite sides ofthe bin to the walls of the compartment 4:. The channels allow of the vertical adj ustmentof the bin fromthe position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 to that shown in dotted lines, without permitting the departure of the trunnions from the channels laterally.

Specification of Letters'Patent. Patented 60f]. 23, 191 i The bin is pivoted to and between a pair i of levers 10, 10, by means of a rod 11 which passes through thebinand to and through both levers; The upper ends of the levers are, connected by a handle-bar 12, which contacts: with the front of the bin to limit the. movement of the levers about rod v11, which rod is. located midway between the front and rear vertical walls of the bin. Theopposite ends of the levers from handlebar 12. areshorter and are bent as shown, and terminate with. outside pins 13, which enter notches in stationary bearing plates 14, secured to the walls of the compartment 4:, solocated as to bring their, said notches con,- 'sider'ably in advance of the vertical. plane of hinge-rod 11, when the bin is in its; closed vertical position as shown in full lines in Fig 2. By this ;means the weight of the bin and contents is at one side and to the rear of the pins 13 on which the levers are fulcrumechand the bin will retain that position until it is forcibly moved forward out of the compartment of the cabinet by power applied to the handle-bar 12. Upon the latter occurrence, the upper end of the bin will swing out, around the trunnions formed by the projecting ends of the rod 8, and will also move down by reason of the vertical channel which restrains the trunnions. This clearance. By reason of the open notches to receive the pins 13, the latter may be lifted therefrom whereupon the bin may be re moved from the compartment 4 by raising the tilted bin until the trunnions pass from the tops of the channels 9, the front members of the latter being cut away at the tops 16 for that purpose, while the rear members of the channels are continued above to serve as stops and guides when the trunnions are reinserted for the reassembly of the bin.

The operation of our invention has been so fully explained in connection with its construction, that further description is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, with a cabinet and a bin movably mounted therein, of means limiting the movement of the lower front corner of the bin to a single vertical plane, and means to move the bin downwardly and that portion above said corner simultaneouslyin an outward direction, and the reverse comprising a pair of levers to which the bin is pivoted and a handle connecting them for their manipulation.

The coinbination,.with a cabinet and bin movably mounted therein, of fixed verti cal channels on each side of the bin and trunnions from thebin entering the channels to limit the movement of the lower front corner of the bin to a single vertical plane, and means to move the bin down-- wardly and that portion thereof above said corner simultaneously in an outward direction, and the reverse comprising a pair of levers to which the bin is pivoted and a handle connecting them for their manipulation. v

3. The combination, with a cabinet and a bin movably mounted therein, of means limiting the movement of the lower front corner of the bin to a single vertical Plane,

7 means to move the bin downwardly and that portion above said corner simultaneously in an outward direction, comprising levers fulcrumed to the cabinet, and from which levers the bin is suspended and a handle-member connecting the levers by which they are operatedv to raise and lower the bin.

4. The combination, with a cabinet and a bin movably mounted therein, of a pair of vertical channels open at their upper ends fixed on each side of the bin, trunnions on the bin entering said channels, and a pair of bent levers by and between which the bin is pivotally supported, saidlevers being fulcrumed to the cabinet by fulcrums below said pivotalsupports and between the latter and the front of the bin and means on the opposite ends of the levers from said fulcrums to limit the movement of the levers.

5. The combination, with a cabinet and a bin movably mounted therein, of a pair of vertical channels open at their upper ends fixed to the cabinet on each side of the bin, trunnions on the bin entering said channels, a pair of bent levers between which the bin is assembled, a handle connecting the upper ends of the levers, the other ends of the levers being removably fulcrumed to the cabinet, pivots suspending the bin from-the levers back of the vertical plane of the fulcrums, and stops on the bin to contact the levers and limit'the movement of the bin.

- 6. The combination, with a cabinet and a bin movably mounted therein, of a pair of vertical channels open at their upper ends secured in a fixed manner to the cabinet on each side of the bin, the front flanges of the channels being shorter than the rear ones at the top, a pair of levers, one on each side of the bin between the bin and adjacent cabinet wall, a rod connecting the outer ends of said levers, pivot plates secured to the cabinet having notches upon their upper edges, fulcrum pins on the inner ends of the levers removably secured in said respective notches, the inner ends of the levers being bent, a rod through the bin having projecting ends passing through the levers and suspending the bin therefrom, a second rod passing through the lower front corner of the bin and having projecting ends entering the channels, and stops on the bin to contact the levers and limit the movement of the bin.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Indianapolis, Tndiana, this 27th day of July, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

CLAY WEESNER. '[L.S.] DUDLEY DAVIS. [1,. s.] Witnesses:

C. E. LAMB, E. RAMsEY, J r.

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